What reason is hypertensive gum haemorrhage?

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Brush your teeth and brush your mouth with a red foam. Anyone who sees it will jump. When there is gum bleeding, especially when brushing teeth, it is easy to think that bleeding is general periodontitis. But if it is the middle-aged and old people encounter sudden gingival bleeding, we should pay attention to whether it is related to hypertension. What reason is hypertensive gum haemorrhage? Let's talk about it

What reason is hypertensive gum haemorrhage?

Oral and maxillofacial tissues are rich in blood supply. Local injury or inflammation can cause oral bleeding. The most common cause of gingival bleeding is periodontal disease. Because the teeth are not clean enough, gingival inflammation leads to bleeding. In addition, some systemic diseases can also cause gingival bleeding, such as hypertension, blood system diseases, female menstrual bleeding, long-term use of anticoagulant drugs, liver cirrhosis and so on. Hematological diseases include leukemia, hemophilia, thrombocytopenic purpura, etc. gingival bleeding can be the earliest symptom.

On the one hand, the patients themselves have chronic gingivitis, when the blood pressure rises, it will cause the capillary wall rupture in the inflammatory site; On the other hand, hypertension changes the morphology of red blood cells and platelets, resulting in microcirculation function, coagulation dysfunction, and eventually bleeding.

The incidence of gingivitis and periodontitis in patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is as high as 87%, of which gingival bleeding is most common in the middle-aged and elderly, most of which occur at night. When the disease attacks, gum bleeding, blood volume is large, patients spit out often with bright red blood clots.

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In addition, it is worth reminding that hypertensive gingival bleeding can be completely avoided. The key lies in regular physical examination, early detection of abnormal blood pressure, and early intervention, can greatly reduce the incidence of complications.